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March 16, 2016

Perez & Ortiz score at Spanish National Series Rd1

The opening round of the Spanish National Series was held at the CAPA club in Madrid. In the Touring Modified class David Perez, coming from the TQ spot, would win the opening A-main pretty easily but A2 was a different affair as after a bad start of David, Carlos Lambas would lead for a good part of the race until David found his groove in the very last minute which allowed him to overtake Carlos for the win with one final leg to spare. Overall, behind David, Eduardo Escandón and Javi Ferrando would make up the Modified class podium.

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March 16, 2016

Dynamite Blue Thunder HP8 & Sport nitro fuels

Available soon are Dynamite’s new Blue Thunder HP8 and Sport nitro fuels. Starting with the HP8 racing fuel, the juice was formulated by world-renown brand VP Racing Fuels and its 9 percent castor-enhanced blend will make for crisp throttle response without compromising internal component protection. The reduced oil content also allows the engine to achieve optimum operating temperature faster, allowing to fine-tune the engine with less warm-up time. The HP8 fuel is available in 20 percent and 30 percent nitro blends. Also new is the Sport fuel, developed by Ron Paris and formulated by VP Racing Fuels. A unique additive called ZX-7 provides over-lean indication protection, making it ideal for less-experienced users. On the track, if the engine is over-leaned, the driver will immediately notice that the car will hesitate during acceleration, indicating that it is time to pull in and richen the mixture. If the engine continues to run at these overly lean settings it will quit before damage to internal engine components occurs. Like HP8 the Sport fuel is available as 20 percent and 30 percent nitro blend.

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March 16, 2016

Futaba 3PV 2.4GHz 3+1 channel radio system

Coming soon from Futaba is the 3PV 3+1 channel radio system. The newly designed intermediate-level transmitter features T-FHSS transmitting technology, built-in telemetry functions, several mix settings for steering and throttle, gyro adjustment for supported gyros, as well as locking brake and several other software gizmos. Other features include a large display, digital trims and 10 model memory. The transmitter is usable with T-FHSS, S-FHSS and FHSS receivers, and it will become available with a range of 4-channel or 3-channel receivers.

Source: Futaba [futaba.co.jp]

March 16, 2016

Philipp Walleser wins at MRC Winter Series Rd5

The fifth and final round of the MRC Winter Series was held in Longwy, France over the weekend. As usual the 10.5T Touring Stock class was the most popular, attracting over 40 drivers. Philipp Walleser would be on a mission as he not only took the TQ and the pole position for the finals but he would also come out successful in the triple A-mains to grab the overall win while scoring the fastest lap of the class in the progress. Behind him, Dirk Rischard and Jan Bickendorf completed the podium result in second and third respectively. Another driver to set the TQ, grab the win and score the fastest lap was young Julian Garbi in the Rookie class. He would leave Dryss Faivre and Raphael Brassart behind in second and third respectively.

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March 16, 2016

Super Cup Championship Series Rd3 – Report

The popular Super Cup Championship Series headed north for race 3 of the 2016 Spring Session to a new track for the series, Newberry RC Park just outside of Gainesville. It takes many styling cues from the now retired Shiverville Raceway and with 199 entries and another nice sunny Florida day everyone had another great race day. Unfortunately a heavy downpour late Thursday night changed everything for Friday’s practice but the Newberry crew was not going to give up yet and spent most of Friday and into the early morning of Saturday to be sure the racers had a great surface to run on Saturday.

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March 16, 2016

GForce drift tyre remover tool

Coming from GForce is a tyre remover tool for drift car wheels. Constructed from aluminium the tool allows to easily press out 50mm to 56mm rims of 57mm to 63mm pre-mounted wheel sets to reuse either the rims or the tyres. Do extract the rims the wheels are placed in the lower cup and with the upper stamp the rim is forced out of the tyre without harming any of the parts involved. The press is available in blue or black anodising from end of March.

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March 16, 2016

Exotek TLR 22 3.0 & YZ-2 carbon battery straps

Exotek have introduced new carbon fibre battery straps for the TLR 22 3.0 and Yokomo YZ-2 2WD buggies. Starting with the TLR part, the lightweight battery strap is cut from high-quality carbon fibre and it comes with an alloy hinge plate for secure mounting. It was designed to work with the stock clips and posts and also the optional Exotek twist nut post set and the stronger carbon material keeps the stock battery stops from slipping.

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March 16, 2016

Yeung & Law successful at Sunpadow Strait Cup

After the successful China National Championship race in 2015, the Xiamen ARC International Raceway hosted the Sunpadow Strait Cup last weekend, attracting around 200 entries to race in the two classes of 1/8th EP Buggy and 1/8th GP Buggy. Racers from Hong Kong, Macau, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Mainland China attended the race with the ARC International Raceway being located inside an industrial park, offering a size of 70×40 metres and a true world-class facility to host high-level races. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class 13-years old Jonathan Yeung from Hong Kong would take the TQ but due to bad weather the finals would be cancelled, handing Jonathan the win based on the qualifying results. Sam Chen from Taiwan would take the runner-up spot while Taiwan’s Ngai would end the 2-day event in third.

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